manbeard's volvo.

[Night Colors]

why people in norway/sweden are so obsessed with volvo's lol? anyways nice build , some of the small details made me lol

[manbeard]

i haven't really had any motivation to do anything to this lately. mostly because of money.. i washed it (in the rain lol) to get the year of dust, pollen, and grinding dust off of the car. doing that usually gives me the motivation to work on it again....its clean and looks great, so now it has to run and drive again. i've got a short term goal to get that right by this friday. no real reason, except for the fact that its been too long since its run..


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i got that vinyl matt recommended to me, and it wouldn't stick to my taillights. im hopefully going to the junkyard this week, so maybe i'll find some..


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front needs like 5-10mm of spacing and the back needs a smidge..


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cleans up pretty good

[manbeard]

the ignition coil is dead trying to find another one at the junkyard...thats the crappy thing with this specific volvo, its got the one year regina bullshit. maybe its megasquirt time..

anywho, i got the rear seats from a friend's car, and i guess i've begun my gray leather interior swap.. i've got to find some front seats and then it should be good. for the door panels and the lower half of the dash, i can get some vinyl paint that matches perfectly, so thats not a problem.



i also repainted the bumpers to get that crappy white stuff covered, and it looks loads better





and i got a new hood blanket thing...i'm in the process of cleaning up the bay, too..



dont mind the nasty pollen covered car...its gross. hopefully next week it'll be gone for the most part so i can actually clean it up and polish the paint back...

[manbeard]

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de-lipped.

[Ew!]

What an interesting Volvo, I can't wrap my brain around it. hah!

[manbeard]

fuc-king legit!

thanks dude!!

your back right sawblade is not from the set... it's from the opposite side so it doesn't spin the right way. Just get a replacement and it'll be hella legit!

Not a huge fan of the garden edging lip, I just **** how it looks wavy... other than that, mega awesome!

someone jacked the right rear when the previous owner had them. they'll do until i either get new wheels or find another one. thanks though! and the lip is coming off tomorrow... it looked great on my mustang (and on the mach 1 obvs) but its too curved for the boxiness.

Awesome, again. How much have you cutted coils?

thanks!! i have cut about 3.5 all around on it..

[Masuli]

Awesome, again. How much have you cutted coils?

[JVC]

your back right sawblade is not from the set... it's from the opposite side so it doesn't spin the right way. Just get a replacement and it'll be hella legit!

Not a huge fan of the garden edging lip, I just **** how it looks wavy... other than that, mega awesome!

[Chuckdee]

fuc-king legit!

[Matt]

[E28stoff]

great looking volvo, i love the old bricks. nice progress!

[manbeard]

decided not to do any more visual mods until i got it running again. soooooo its running now! haha turns out combustion chambers full of gas will prevent a car from running...whodathunkit haha


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driveway haha

[exexpat]

way better.

Edit: A Powerball and Meguiar's PlastX will bring your headlights and corners back + add some shine to the VHT-tinted tails. Will be the best $15 you've spent.

[Matt]

still jelly though

[manbeard]

took of some stickers (halfway through), took off the woodgrain, got the **** off the fender lips, rolled the front fenders and took of the spoiler. cleaning it up a lot, and its looking muchhh better


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im gonna repaint the bumpers tomorrow i think. also, i have to clean all the **** out of the car, as its kinda turned into a temporary storage shed in the past few months... ops: